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Plant Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Black Pepper; Pepper; White Pepper
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CARYOPHYLLENE-ALCOHOL 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-KETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 9000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CEDROL 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 2700.0 5100.0 2.98 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available 1642.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 3.0 3.5 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,8-MENTHADIEN-2-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 50.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-NEROLIDOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-2-MENTHEN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-TRANS-PIPERINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLAL 20 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 4 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 7 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.